Research Article

Prevalence of Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Associated Factors in an Adult Chinese Population: Baseline of a Prediabetes Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.

ParametersTotal (n = 406)Newly diagnosed DM (n = 58)PDM (n = 166)Normal (n = 182) value

Male n(%)160 (33.0)28 (48.3)72 (43.4)60 (33.0)0.046
Age (years)51.2 (11.0)56.77 ± 7.7252.31 ± 11.048.37 ± 11.02<0.001
Education n(%)0.005
Uneducated102 (25.1)21 (36.2)45 (27.1)36 (19.8)
≤ Primary school137 (33.7)25 (43.1)58 (34.9)54 (29.7)
Junior high school153 (37.7)12 (20.7)57 (34.3)84 (46.2)
≥ College14 (3.45)0 (0.00)6 (3.61)8 (4.40)
Insurance n(%)370 (91.1)55 (94.8)149 (89.8)166 (91.2)0.538

DM = diabetes mellitus and PDM = prediabetes mellitus.